The Council of Canadians campaigns to strengthen public health care and stop privatization. We believe that everyone – provincial and territorial governments, First Nations and the federal government – should come together to renegotiate a Health Care Accord that delivers better, more efficient, quality public health care. The accord should include a national pharmacare program and better home care and long-term care for our aging population. All Canadians should have access to the same services and quality of care provided by a national, public system.

Apotex Inc. chairman Barry Sherman, Finance Minister Bill Morneau
The federal lobbying commissioner is investigating the role Apotex Inc. is playing in a Liberal Party fundraiser that will take place in Toronto on November 7.

Universal pharmacare should be a core part of the next Health Accord, according to a new report from the Council of Canadians. The report comes as the federal, provincial and territorial health ministers are meeting today to negotiate a new Canada Health Accord.

Today the provincial and territorial health and finance ministers met in Toronto to discuss the Canada Health Accord and the future of medicare (tomorrow important negotiations on a new health accord begin with the federal government).